Kodak’s Security Solutions Group Announces New Agreement with Document Security Systems, Inc

Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE: EK), and Document Security Systems, Inc., a leader in optical deterrent technologies announced that the two companies have entered into an agreement to introduce applications which will enable a broad range of industries and governments to combat the increasingly damaging effects of counterfeiting and brand fraud.

Utilizing DSS’s Authentiguard® document security and counterfeiting prevention software and printing systems and Kodak’s leading imaging technology, Kodak will market a proprietary suite of secure image technology products under its own brand.

“To stop today’s sophisticated counterfeiters, brand owners and authorities need the support of global partners with the solution portfolio breadth, advanced technology and resources to help them execute optimal brand and document protection strategies,” said Robert Taylor, General Manager, Security Solutions, Business Solutions and Services, Eastman Kodak Company. “Document Security Systems’ cutting-edge secure image technologies combine with Kodak’s expanding security portfolio to create a wide range of product and document security solutions that will allow brand owners to create effective strategies for their anti-counterfeiting and anti-diversion challenges.”

The agreement covers a broad range of applications, some of which include:
* Security Printing Technologies for vital records, coupons, gift certificates, transcripts, car titles, text books, checks, prescription forms, permits.
* Digital Security for digital presses, securing internet-generated documents and alpha/numeric MICROSOFT OFFICE Applications, data/file security for OUTLOOK e-mails, EXCEL Spreadsheets, POWERPOINT Presentations and WORD Documents.
* Plastic Substrate Security for ID cards, drivers’ licenses, gift cards, access cards, containing radio frequency identification (RFID), biometrics, barcodes, magnetic stripe, holographs and plastic watermarks.
* Packaging and Label Security Technologies for consumer products, food and beverage materials, pharmaceutical, anything requiring a package or label.

Patrick White, CEO of Document Security Systems states: “We are extremely pleased and honored to be working with such a respected and well-known company as Kodak in the fight against the enormous, and growing, worldwide problem of counterfeiting, identity theft and brand fraud. Counterfeiting alone costs the U.S. economy billions of dollars a year and we feel that in teaming with Kodak, we will be able to offer solutions to protect consumers, governments and industrial commerce alike.”

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Konica Minolta Launches Clean Planet Recycling Program

Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta) announced the launch of the Konica Minolta Clean Planet Recycling Program that will provide easy and cost-free consumables recycling to all customers.

Whether relying on a single desktop printer, a complete fleet of bizhub MFPs, or professional bizhub PRO or bizhub PRESS production print system, customers can help reduce their ecological footprint with the Clean Planet Recycling Program's streamlined return and recycle process.

Konica Minolta has designed technologies with the environment in mind - saving energy, minimizing pollution and reducing environmental impact through the entire life cycle of its products. With the Clean Planet Recycling Program, customers will now be able to return and recycle all major consumables - including toner cartridges, imaging units, waste toner bottles, developer/developer units and drums - for all Konica Minolta models without any shipping or processing costs.

Konica Minolta's Clean Planet Recycling Program also ensures that received recyclables are processed in an environmentally safe and responsible manner - no recyclable items are permitted to go into landfills.

"Konica Minolta invested heavily in developing this program to ensure it would bring only the highest value to our customers, and we are excited to launch it as a critical part of our corporate environmental initiatives," said Kevin Kern, senior vice president, marketing, Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. "The Clean Planet Recycling Program seeks to ensure that we are not only addressing the environmental concerns of our customers, but also meeting Konica Minolta's responsibilities for global sustainability. While delivering market-leading products and solutions is an ongoing commitment to customers, this new initiative ensures that customers can now count on Konica Minolta for much more than just their digital imaging needs."

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